What

To build an 8m Weathering steel sculpture, within which is a Camera Obscura

The public enter sculpture and travel into a white room with organic seating

The image outside is projected upside-down and back to front via a simple hole in the wall. A .25 diopta lens can optionally be slid over the hole demonstrating how the eye works and teaching the science of light.

The sculpture/building is open during daylight hours and the public can see the image of the bridge on video screen at night.

A video screen on the exterior of the sculpture offers the public a surveillance-grid view of all 7 CCTV cameras within the sculpture. The public can see who is in the Camera Obscura and corridor plus see themselves projected inside the Cbscura room looking at the video screen.

CCTV cameras offer security enabling the public to be the guardians of the space.

CCTV is linked to the web so anyone in the world can view the Bridge lift via the oldest camera (Camera Obscura) through the newest technology (high end CCTV tech).

Purpose

To create an educational destination for Northland and NZ schools. The Camera Obscura experience teaches the science of light, an understanding of how cameras work plus the added interactive art experience offered by CCTV

To create a resting stop on the Hatea Loop walk which offers a new way to view Whangarei's Te Matau ā Pohe Bridge

To put Te Matau ā Pohe Bridge on the world stage via the web

To create a valuable tourist attraction for Northland and NZ

To join a handful of unique sizeable Camera Obscura structures in the world